Steamboat Springs — It may take more than a van for the the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Nordic team to travel to the USSA Cross Country Junior Nationals event next month in Wisconsin.

The club qualified 15 young skiers to the event, more than a quarter of Colorado's 44-skier team headed to compete in the races, set for March 7 through 12 in Cable, Wisconsin.

At the top of the list are nine U18 boys and girls skiers. Jordi Floyd, Kathleen O'Connell and Anna Burkholder made it on the girls side. Evan Barbier, Simon Zink, Finn O'Connell, Tyler Terranova, Noel Keeffe and Wyatt Gebhardt all were in on the boys side.

At the U16 girls level, Waverly Gebhardt and Avery Harrington will compete, and Maggie Morton is in as an alternate for the team. Sven Tate, Jimmy Colfer and John Faster were all on the boys team.

Making the team followed a very strong weekend of racing for those and many other Steamboat skiers at a two-day event in Minturn put on by Vail Ski and Snowboard Club.

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Wyatt Gebhardt got the best of both days for the boys, winning the U18/U20 division twice. Saturday, he did so comfortably, by 31 seconds over the nearest competitor. He was joined on the podium that day by Finn O'Connell, who placed third.

A day later, when Gebhardt won again, he led a Steamboat sweep as Simon Zink was second, and Tyler Terranova took third.

Grey Barbier, in the U10 boys division, also posted a winning weekend, finishing first both days.

Many other Steamboat skiers logged wins. Jordi Floyd was first in the U18/U20 women Saturday. Jimmy Colfer won the same day in the U16 boys class, then was second Sunday. Waverly Gebhardt did the opposite, winning among the U16 girls Sunday after having finished second Saturday.

Shea Sias, meanwhile, won Sunday in the U8 girls class.

Kathleen O'Connell was second Sunday and third Saturday in the U18/U20 class. Katie Floyd also earned a podium finish, placing third in the U14 girls division Saturday.